Posted by Bent Stigsen on 05/27/06 18:44

Rik G. wrote:
> "Rik" <luiheidsgoeroe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:de52b$447846ce$8259c69c$22611@news1.tudelft.nl...
>
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>>>> echo "test " . 2+2; // This will print 2
>> 1. The string "test " becomes "test 2".
>> 2. Trying to add the number 2 to "test 2" casts the string to an integer
>> (0), and adding 2 gives indeed 2
>>
>> Variable variables, without strict type, are a blessing in some cases, in
>> others it's immensely irritating. You just have to keep an eye on it :-).
>
> OK, it's clear now (but still butt ugly).

It was your choice to write it like that. If you don't want the
freedom to write something so badly, then don't use a language that
lets you do it.

It's like that doctor/patient-joke:

[Patient]: doctor, it hurts when I do this.
[Doctor] : then don't do that.


/Bent

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